IMPD Officer David Bisard (left) is led into court in Fort Wayne Monday by a plainclothes officer.

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It has been three years, two months and eight days since a fatal accident triggered protests in the street, turmoil in the Police Department, lawsuits, secret recordings, an appeal to the state Supreme Court and continual grief for the victims.

Today, suspended Indianapolis police officer David Bisard will stand trial in Fort Wayne to defend himself against nine felony charges, including reckless homicide and drunken driving in a deadly accident.

The Marion County prosecutor will try to convince jurors that Bisard struck four motorcyclists, killing one, because he was drunk or, at a ...